Schaeuble raps German firms for avoiding taxes via Luxembourg: Focus

(Reuters) - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble sharply criticized leading German companies for reducing taxes by creating subsidiaries in Luxembourg, where tax rates are lower, according to Focus news magazine.

Germany faces lower tax intake due to slower growth: Handelsblatt

(Reuters) - Germany will take in several billion euros less in tax revenues next year than expected due to lower growth, Handelsblatt business daily reported on Thursday, a week before experts are due to give a new estimate.

Merkel ally fuels Greek aid row before election

(Reuters) - Germany's commissioner to the European Commission said on Saturday he expects a new bailout for Greece to amount to a little more than 10 billion euros, fuelling a debate that could hurt Chancellor Angela Merkel in next month's election.

Spain economy contracted 0.4% q/q in Q2: Central Bank

MADRID: Spain's economy sank deeper into recession in the second quarter, the Bank of Spain said on Monday, as markets spooked by funding problems in the country's regions pushed it ever closer to a full international bailout.

German Finance Minister eyes growth measures for Greece

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is ready to consider additional measures to promote growth in Greece but the struggling economy must still carry out agreed reforms, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said in an interview with the Welt am Sonntag weekly on Saturday.